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liurreo Murine FRANCIS H. Hill-T011,

BEGOKLYN, NEW YORK.

emicicu'iom'roiu forming: pert oi? nomi ee-mi Mo. eco ce uatea April-'19, 1881.

Application filed December 2Q, 3880. (No model.)

To all whom may concern: I

it known than; if, FRANCIS H. HOLTON, c, citizen oi." the United States, reoidiug in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and Stet-e of New York, have invented oertciu new and useful 1m lT|fWGlllIillS in Gun-Stock liutbiluelr ions, fully described and represented in the iollowing specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a, part of the some.

My improved shoulder-guard for belongs to that class of such devices thetconsis; of a or cover capable of beiug'eeoured upon the but-t of the stock of a gun, so on to provide the some with an elastic cushion, wh reby, when the gui-i is placed to the ohouh der and iireiljiis recoil is overcome and die ueer suffers no shock or bruise. therefrom, us is frequently the cuse when in cerium kinds of rebooting large chgirgeeoi enamumiuoneue uneil.

My invention relates more particularly to the peculiar shructure of the device, the some conuiutiu" in a construction that word: as n cellular formation or ulreuehion that is micrpoeed between the both of the gun and the shoulder of the user.

" l have illusircted in drawings one ei'ubodimeut of my invention,

the structure beicg ooh of the best forms or".

the invention for practical purposes.

Figu e- 1 shows an elevation of the guard appli to n gun-sleek, li ig. 2 is e, longitudinci sectional elevation of the guard Fig. 3 is e transverse sectional elevation thereof; and Fig 4 e cizuiler View of umodificction therei 3 and 4 being drawn at a reduced scale.

f e thus illustrated, the guard consists of case or co er, iuude preferably of i mile-rubber, in ouch form as to iii; over the hurt-end of the stock of the gun and be retained there by the elusticitg of its sides 11,01" it may be by moons of n need-like projection, as 2, or by any mechemical means. The bottom piece, B, of this once or cover is n-m'ided on its inner surface with a number of elusiic cells, which may be construcicd in u verietyof ways. In one form shown they cocuiot oi'ohort lengthe of rubber tubing 4, that be secured to the bottom piece, ll, either by rubber or other cement or by any well-known moons of attachment Another form ehown repreeentu u f g-form of ihu-t these cells may the accompanying pieces of rubber orsi mila r material by the edges of its sides to the surface of the bottom piece, ll, A mild form shown represents a length of tubing; coiled within itself and attached to the bottom B, so as to present a regular or even becriog-suriccc. it is obvious, however, I vbe provided by tubes or other hollow structures, arranged to run diagonally or in any other direction over the inner surface of the-bottom piece, l3, and still be within the scope of my invention; also, that; thecclls may be formed by oupliko projections extending inward from said bottompiece. It will also be obvious that; while rubber is a prefcreble material, any other substance that will provide the elastic cushion due to the cellular Structure mny be used. V. The .boifiompiecc, B, may be made much stronger and heavier than the sides, and said bottom piece may have aplciu exterior surface,

or be matted or olzherwise roughened to pre-- vent the gun from slipping when in use.

Thecelluler or cushioned surface may be on the outside or inside of the guard, as may be 'uefcrred.

A gun provided with this improved guard may be tired with very heavy charges and for any number of times without danger of bruising or jarring its user, the elastic shoulderbeariug provided by the cellular guard acting to take up the motion of recoil, and thusmodi: firing or deadening its shock.

I am aware their, various constructions of soaring-seated butt-plates have been applied to guns, and therefore make no claim, broadly, to an elastic snouldeegunrd; but

What I claim io A shoulder-guard for guns, consisting of'a, butbpiece, as B, provided with a number of rubber cells -euch iueloeiug on air-space, and

provided with means for securing it upon the butt-end of a, gun-stock, substantially as described. I

in testimony whereof Iheve hereunto set my hand witnesses.

. F. H. BOLTON. Witnesse T. H. PALMER, Geo. H. GRAHAM.

in the presence of'two subscribing 

